Thursday, February 16, 2012

Mitt romney

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is wooing tea partyers in his home state of Michigan with a potentially risky strategy: blasting the auto industry bailout that many people credit with saving the states most vital industry.

(AP - msnbc.com)

WASHINGTON -- Republican Mitt Romney is faltering with white working-class voters crucial to his partys drive to capture the White House, even as he tries to fend off a rising GOP challenger, Rick Santorum, who wields strong blue-collar appeal.

(Huffington Post)

Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder endorsed Mitt Romney in an op-ed Thursday and will appear with the former Massachusetts governor later in the day, a GOP source confirmed to CNN.

(CNN)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney returned to his native state of Michigan and took firm aim at organized labor.

(Detroit Free Press)

DETROIT — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is backing Mitt Romney's bid for the Republican presidential nomination, calling the former Massachusetts governor the man for the job.

(Boston Herald)

As Jewish leaders decry the Mormon baptism of Simon Wiesenthals relatives, how does Mitt Romney feel about the practice? Read his 2008 Newsweek interview on the controversial Mormon baptisms.

(Daily Beast)

Need evidence that Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are eyeing a Michigan win on Feb. 28? Look no further than today's trail schedule. Santorum addresses the Detroit Economic Club, and later addresses the Oakland County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner.

(Washington Post)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Mitt Romney wins the Republican U.S. presidential nomination, he will have the backing of several wealthy donors who together have contributed millions of dollars to his rivals in the race.